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Palo Alto County. Letter: Community Water Fluoridation
To the Editor The Palo Alto County Board of Health is encouraging all communities in the county to fluorinate their city water supply. What do you know about water fluoridation? Fluoride Facts: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recognized water fluoridation as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the […]
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City of Midland receives grant for fluoridation equipment
The Michigan Department of Community Health Oral Health Program has selected 11 communities from across the state — including Midland — to initiate and maintain a community water fluoridation program for residents. This is the third year fluoridation equipment grants have been awarded. This year they were made possible by a $100,000 donation from the […]
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Carroll-Boone Water: Fluoride project delayed (updated)
EUREKA SPRINGS — Opponents of mandatory fluoridated drinking water heard good news Thursday at the quarterly Carroll-Boone Water District meeting: CBWD attorney Dan Bowers said Delta Dental had told him that the fluoride project has been delayed considerably. “We have withdrawn our proposal and replaced it with a similar proposal, but the funding period is […]
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Midland receives fluoridation grant
Excerpt: The city of Midland is one of 11 to receive a fluoridation equipment grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health. This is the third year these fluoridation equipment grants have been awarded. This year, they were made possible by a $100,000 donation from the Delta Dental Foundation. The allocation to Midland was $12,700… […]
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Eureka resolution: No fluoride
EUREKA SPRINGS — The Eureka Springs City Council formally adopted Resolution 600 on Monday night that opposes the fluoridation of the city’s water supply. After being voted down twice by residents of the city, the law requiring fluoridation that was passed by the Arkansas Legislature last year could still go into effect in the near […]
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Carroll-Boone Water: New mandate for fluoride stirs up lots of local opposition
An abnormally large crowd of about 25 local residents attended a meeting of the Carroll Boone Water District Board on Thursday, sharing concerns and asking questions about the proposed fluoridation of the district’s water supply. The board took no action at the meeting in which members heard from several of the opponents present. In addition, […]
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Carroll-Boone Water: Water board will hear update on fluoride cost study
EUREKA SPRINGS — The Carroll-Boone Water District will hold its regular quarterly meeting Thursday, April 19, at 10 a.m. at the Freeman-Raney Water Treatment Plant on Hwy. 187, west of Eureka Springs. On the agenda will be an update of the fluoride study done by engineers McGoodwin, Williams & Yates (MWY). The board will review […]
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Carroll-Boone Water District: Fluoride costs rising
The Carroll Boone Water District (CBWD) board will meet at 10 a.m. April 19 to consider proceeding with fluoridation of public drinking water despite not having sufficient grants to cover start-up costs. The board will discuss whether to use district funds to implement fluoridation. State legislation passed in 2011 mandated fluoridation of all water systems […]
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Delta Dental Foundation of Arkansas trying to trim fluoridation costs
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The cost of fluoridating water in 34 Arkansas systems has exceeded the amount a foundation pledged to cover. The Legislature required cities and towns that serve or sell water to more than 5,000 people to install fluoridation systems in their water plants, but only if private funds are available. The law […]
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Carroll Boone Water: Water district operator takes up anti-fluoride fight
It is possible that customers of Carroll Boone Water District may not have fluoride added to their water after all as a result a CBWD contract with Eureka Springs, Berryville, Green Forest and Harrison that forbids the introduction of any corrosive water into distribution systems. There are concerns that highly corrosive fluoride added to the […]
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